December for me is an exciting month of the year. Even though the days are shorter and colder than usual, the spirit of the holidays lingers on; it is hard to ignore the excitement going around. But as days draw closer to the end of the month and as the clock resets to a new [...]

Happy Holidays Everybody! 
 

After seeing the baking spree and the goodies baked on other blogs, I simply could not resist sitting on the sidelines and drool over the virtual creations. I wanted to join the bandwagon myself and try my hand at making some cookies. Now I have had not much luck in baking, more so [...]

Coriander is one of our favorite herbs and I use it for garnishing Daals, Sabjis, curries, rice, salads etc pretty much everything else. Even though I say garnishing in a light sense, I sometimes get overboard and even use half of the coriander leaves just in one dish especially daal. The herb wilts in heat [...]

Weather seems to be getting gloomier by the day. It is getting colder here each day to the point that it is freezing. The already bad commute is getting even worse and it takes hours to go back and forth between home and work. Also it is pitch dark and cold by the time we [...]

  
  
Akki Rotti means rice flour pancake in Kannada and is a rice-based specialty breakfast item from the sate of Karnataka. This is also very similar to “Thalipeeth” made in Maharashtra. This is served along with chutney and a dollop of ghee or butter on the side.
As with every other recipe there are so many different [...]

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